Improvement in wagon-brake and tongue-support



A. C. JAQU-ES.

Wagon Brake.

Patented April 13', 1869.

I No. 88,962.

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ABRAM C. JAQUES, OF LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS. Letters Patent No. 88,962,dated Aprt'l13,1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON-BRAKE AND TONGUE-SUPPORT.

The Schedulerefened to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern 1 Be it known that I, ABRAM C. JAQUES, of thecit and county of Leavenworth, and State of Kansas, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Self- Acting Wagon-Brakes, andthe Method of Supporting the Tongue, or- Pole, from Bearing on theNeck-Yoke; and the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making apart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a plan or ,topview of the runninggear of a wagon, showing the sliding brake-bar,rook-shaft, and levers.

Figure 2 shows a side elevation of the same, with the'rear wheelsremoved.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the under side of the forward axle,showing the pole-supporter, 8E0.

Figure 4 shows a modification of the brake-operating mechanism, at thefront end of the pole, or wagontongue.

The objeclwf my invention is either a self-acting wagon-brake, or onethat can be controlled entirely by the will of the driver; and, also, ameans by which the weight of the wagon-tongue, or pole, may be supportedfrom off the neck-yoke, when in use, or let down to rest on the groundwhen desired. My invention consists in the construction and ar rangementof the supporting-plate and sliding brakebar, so as to admit of thebrake-bar being shifted laterally, and relieve the wheels when backing.

To enable others to make and use my improvements, I will describe themmore fully, referring to the drawings, and to the letters markedthereon.

, To any ordinary-constructed run ning-gear of a wagon, I attach bybolts a flat piece of wood or metal, A, on which I place a brake-bar, B,so that it may be moved longitudinally one way far enough to carry thebrakeblocks b b, one on the inside, and the other on the outside of therim of the hind wheels 0 O, the bar B being provided with a hand-lever,c, to shift it by, so that the point of the lever c, which extends down,will work into the recesses 43 0', made in the end of the bed-piece A,soas to allow the brake-bar B to" be moved back by the connecting-rods dd and rock-shaft D, which is provided with an upright lever-handle, d,so that the brake can be operated by the driver.

Nearly central on the under side of the rock-shaft D is. an arm, e,extending down, to which is attached a long connecting-rod, E, or cord,which extends along the under side of the reach F and the pole G, andcon nects with the under side of the end of the vertical lever H, whichis'pivoted to the pole G, near the forward end.

To the top end of the vertical lever His the neckyoke, attached asseenin fig. 1, so that when the wagon presses forward, in going down aninclined plane, the lever H acts on the brake-mechanism, and if thebrakebar Bis placed in the proper position, the brake-blocks b'b will bebrought to bear against the tire of the wheels In the backing of thewagon,-the bar 'B may be changed in its position, so as not to obstructthe rolling of the wheels.

Another mode of construction, which consists in having a small pulley,I, placed in the front end of the 1 tongue, or pole G, and a cord, g,attached to the neckyoke h, as seen in fig. 4, will operate on thebrakemechanism, and produce the same result.

For supporting the pole G, I place a single piece of springy wood ormetal, j, close to and parallel with the front axle-tree K, it restingon the top of the hounds k k underneath.

' Ialso place a spring, J, of any desired material, parallel with thepole G,'extending orward a sulficient distance for its support, the rearendresting under and against the under side of the front axle-tree K, itbeing held by a bolt, m, on stirrup, connecting it with the spring j, onthe top of the bounds k. The front end is provided with a. slot, n, anda guide-piece, o, is placed in the under side of the pole, to hold it inplace, or admit of the pole being let down to the ground.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The supporting-plate A and brake-bar B, so constructed and arranged asto allow the brake-bar to be shifted laterally, for the purpose'hereinshown and described.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe myname, in the presence ofgA. O. JAQUES.

Witnesses:

W. S. JENKINS, O. F. THOMPSON.

